The main United Nations human rights agency expressed concern Friday about an upsurge in fighting between Myanmar's army and guerrillas of the Rakhine minority's Arakan Army, especially attacks on civilians by both sides.
A spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva that the agency had "credible reports of the killing of civilians, burning of houses, arbitrary arrests, abductions, indiscriminate fire in civilian areas, and damage to cultural property."
Humanitarian access to all areas of northern Rakhine must urgently be restored, including those areas affected by recent clashes."